Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- At the twenty-seventh plenary session of the Senate, the issue of electing the chairman of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan was considered.

It was noted that, at the initiative of the President of the country, over the past five years, the country has implemented broad organizational and legal measures aimed at fundamentally reforming the judicial and legal sphere.

The President of the Senate focused on some results of the reforms carried out in this area. In particular, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Supreme Economic Court are merged into a single supreme body - the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as inter-district, district (city) economic courts and a system of administrative courts.

The Higher Judicial Council and the Higher School of Judges were formed. For the first time, a five-year, then a ten-year, and subsequently an indefinite period of tenure of a judge was established.

Work has been organized to widely involve representatives of the media in court hearings in the manner prescribed by law.

The practice of automatic distribution of cases between judges, conducting court hearings through a special communication system, recording court hearings using audio, video, and presenting court decisions without a human factor online has been introduced.

A videoconferencing system has been established between courts and penitentiary institutions.

The institution of “admissibility of evidence” has been improved, which, in turn, created the basis for a comprehensive examination by the court of all the circumstances of the case, an increase in acquittals with an objective assessment of evidence.

The institution of reconciliation in criminal proceedings has been expanded, its application has been established in all instances, a preliminary hearing in a criminal case, an institution for conciliation on admission of guilt, and mediation institutions have been introduced.

On the basis of the “one court – one instance” principle, a three-tier judicial system was introduced in accordance with international standards and the supervisory authority was abolished.

In the administration of justice in 2017-2021 and in the four months of 2022, criminal, administrative, civil and economic courts considered a total of more than 4.5 million cases. Of these, about 3.8 million claims were satisfied, and acquittals were issued against 4,050 defendants.

At the meeting, the senators expressed their opinions and proposals to the candidate regarding the problems that arise in the judicial system, the work that needs to be done to eliminate them.

Following the discussions, Kozimjan Kamilov was elected to the post of Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan for a period of five years, an indefinite term of office as a judge, and a corresponding resolution of the Senate was adopted.